Vehicle-spring.



C. L. JGRDN. VEHICLE SPRING.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 12. 1913.

.Patente-dl 53.11. F13, miei.

WJTNESSES:

Tf im@ @if/mf CHRISTOPHER Il. JORDAN, F SAN FRANCISCO, CALFORNIA.

VEHICLE-sentivo.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May l12K. l1913. Serial No. 766,943.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CHRISTOPHER L.

JORDAN, a citizen of the United States, re

sidingv in the city and county of San Francisco and State ot California, have invented new and usetul Improvements in Vehicle- Springs, of which the following is a specifn cation. l

My invention/relates t-o vehicle springs, and is especially adapted to springsl for automobiles where there is often excessive rvibration andv danger of rupture to the springs, besides the disagreeable shocks to those using the vehicle.

lt is the object orP my invention to provide a spring mounting for suchl vehicles, which is so constructed that the shocks and vibration of travel will be greatly reduced, and to provide certain connections which will be especially advantageous to the mounting of the springs.

The invention comprises the combination of two spring members and an interposed elastic connection; it also comprises details ot construction to be more fully explained by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a side elevation showing the rear spring connection. Fig. 2 is an end view of same. Fig. 3 is a perspective view oi the reinforcing plate 7.

Springs ot the class ior which my invention ,is applicable consist of' a main spring resting upon the axle ot a vehicle, and a partial spring inverted above the main springt, which springs are usually connecter together at their junction by a coupling link, the springs being known af semior threequarters elliptic.

ln my invention A is the main or lower spring, and B the upper one. Each spring has an eye, as at Q and 3, and the upper .spring is' curved around into. a C-shape, so

that the eye ot' that spring when in position is in line approximately below the eye Q ,et the main spring. These springs are corr nected together as follows: 4- is a metal yoke, the open ends of which are swivelly secured by a bolt 5 to the eye at the end ot the main or lower spring.` Thisv yoke is reterably curved outwardly so as to leave a wider space between its vertical. portions, andthe lower end of the yoke is united continuously with the sides so that it forms a substantially U-shaped lportion The connection between the two springs is formed by means of a spiral or helical spring G, the lower-end of which rests upon and is secured on the lower transverse portion ot the yoke 4, and the upper end .is similarly secured to t-he eye of the upper spring member B, so that any depression ot' the spring will be communicated to this intermediate spring 6 and correspondingly depress thel latter, and in so doing will separate the ends 2 and 3 of the two springr members. The recoil or ret-urn of the spring will first act upon this supplemental spring.v and when a vehicle is moving it any obstacle tends to check the movement of the wheels over the ground the momentum ot the body which is carried between the upper spring members B will give it a tendency to swing Aforward and back with relation to the axle and wheels; and thist-endency is provided for by the peculiar connection of the spring eyes 2 and 3 by the yoke il and interposed spring 6, which substantially acts as a coupling with a certain amount of. forward and backward movement. As movements of this kind will produce some strain upon the curved end ot the spring B, l have reinforced this part by means of a plate 7, the

Aouter end of which is clipped aroundv the spring. as shown at S, and the inner endis pivotally secured by a pin 9 which passes through the eye ot the spring B. This plate constructed with upturned lugs 7a 'tor this purpose which clasp both sides ot' the eve of the spring being secured by the bolt 9 which passes through the eye, and holds them securely together; the lower part oit the plate is flattened and slightly removed trom the curvature ot' the spring', thus torming an attachment for the upper end oit the spring G, and with the part 7 extending alongthe spring` B it forms a reinforcement which will prevent any injurious strain upon the spring'. The yoke 4- is made suiiiciently stili' and is especially eti'eetive in prevent-ing side six-*ay ot" the parts when turning curves, the springs workingfreely at all other times.

"laying thus described. my invention, what l claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: i

l vehicle spring including two opposed spring members having their independent.v

ends located in f1. substantially vertical line, a yoke having its upper end pivoted to the end of the lower spring, a spiral spring seated. on the transverse lower part of the yoke, and the upper end pivot-ally connected with the end of the upper spring, and a reinratented Jan. is, 1914.

force for said 'ulppe' spring and, said reinmy hand in the presen-ce of two subscribing force having upturned side lugs at one end witnesses. bolted t0 the spring-end, alud curved to fit the contour of the spring, the oute1'-end CHRISTOPHER L" JORDAN' a' forming a vtransversely curved hook, rigidly tnesses:

clamping the upper spring leaf. JOHN H. HEBRING,

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set W. W. HEALEY. 

